John Henry Devereux, also called John Delorey before 1860, was an American architect and builder best known for his designs in Charleston, South Carolina. According to the National Park Service, he was the "most prolific architect of the post-Civil War era" in the Charleston area. His works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. His Charleston Post Office and Courthouse has been designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
ca. 1902
post office lobby
St Matthews
Lathers House
St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church
The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Charleston, South Carolina, was incorporated on December 3, 1840. Through usage and custom the Church is now known as St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church or St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and is a member of the South Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Reformation window illustrates both sanctuaries and key events in Lutheran history.
Church founder Gen. Johann Andreas Wagener with wife Maria Eliese Wagener.
Hampstedt Cemetery was purchased to inter victims of the numerous yellow fever outbreaks in the nineteenth century.